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    Canada's Trudeau got snubbed in India because his cabinet has more Sikhs than India's cabinet?

    Pretty remarkable if Canadian PM's cabinet has more Sikhs than cabinet of India's controversial PM Modi who had been implicated in massacre previously:




    The world is wondering whether Justin Trudeau just got snubbed in India


    The possibility of a snub is attracting international headlines — and, if it is a deliberate insult, observers have pointed to one motive in particular

    The Telegraph of India noted that Modi was not there to greet Trudeau when he landed in India on the weekend, beginning an official trip accompanied by half a dozen of his government’s ministers. Instead, a junior minister of the Indian government met Trudeau at the airport.

    The possibility of a snub is attracting international headlines — and, if it is a deliberate insult, observers have pointed to one possible motive in particular.
    Last year the Chief Minister of Punjab, Amarinder Singh, refused to meet with Canadian defence minister Harjit Sajjan after declaring Sajjan a Khalistani sympathiser. The Khalistan movement is a separatist campaign devoted to creating an independent Sikh state in what is now north-west India, and has been an issue simmering in the background of domestic Canadian politics.
    In 2015, Sajjan became the first Sikh to be named defence minister and Trudeau has three other Sikhs in his cabinet.
    Two years ago, Trudeau even bragged that his own cabinet had more Sikhs in it than Modi’s cabinet. For that, he was criticized and warned about “stepping on the minefield of the extremely sensitive domestic Indian politics and damaging bilateral relations with this key country,” by Ramesh Thakur, an expert on international affairs.

    http://nationalpost.com/news/politic...ubbed-in-india




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    @lilymc's kind of country :P

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    This news seems to quickly have become a scandal and today made top headline on google news front page.



    Trudeau says Sikh extremist should not have been invitation to reception
    The Globe and Mail 1h ago

    Atwal was a member of the International Sikh Youth Federation, a banned terrorist group in Canada and India, when he was convicted of the attempted murder of an Indian cabinet minister. He was one of four men who ambushed and shot Malkiat Singh Sidhu in a car on Vancouver Island in 1986. Sidhu was wounded.

    Atwal was also convicted in an automobile fraud case and was charged, but not convicted, in connection with a 1985 attack on Ujjal Dosanjh, a staunch opponent of the Sikh separatist movement's push for an independent Sikh state of Khalistan. Dosanjh went on to become premier of British Columbia and a federal cabinet minister.

    Wednesday afternoon Trudeau met with Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh who has repeatedly accused the Trudeau government and several of his cabinet ministers of being Khalistani sympathizers. Khalistan is the name of the independent Sikh state sought by some members of the Sikh community.

    Trudeau told Singh Canada supports a united India and said he would look into concerns financing for Sikh separatist extremists was coming out of Canada, and Singh was happy with the meeting. Singh has not yet responded to the news Atwal was part of this trip.

    Tensions between Canada and India have risen in recent years over Indian concerns about a rise in Sikh extremism coming from some of Canada's Sikh communities. Trudeau's appearances at some Sikh events where extremist supporters also showed up caused unhappiness in India.
    Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has raised the issue with Trudeau several times and it likely will come up again when the two leaders meet Friday in Delhi.
    Related Coverage

    India probing how Khalistani terrorist Jaspal Atwal got visa, Justin Trudeau says he should never have been invited


    Justin Trudeau's India trip under renewed scrutiny over links to Sikh terrorist Telegraph.co.uk 2h ago

    Canada rescinds invitation to Khalistani terrorist Khaleej Times 1h ago

    How Trudeau's India trip lays the groundwork for the 2019 election Opinion CBC.ca 3h ago




    Looks like a correction is warranted, I may have misunderstood the OP story detail and likely cause for the snub as cited in thread title:

    The Khalistan movement is a separatist campaign devoted to creating an independent Sikh state in what is now north-west India, and has been an issue simmering in the background of domestic Canadian politics.
    In 2015, Sajjan became the first Sikh to be named defence minister and Trudeau has three other Sikhs in his cabinet.
    Two years ago, Trudeau even bragged that his own cabinet had more Sikhs in it than Modi’s cabinet. For that, he was criticized and warned about “stepping on the minefield of the extremely sensitive domestic Indian politics and damaging bilateral relations with this key country,” by Ramesh Thakur, an expert on international affairs.

    From quick wiki lookup, this Khalistan citation related to alleged 1984 Sikh genocide in India. That history is coming to forefront with this Canadian PM trip as Sikh diaspora in Canada is emerging as a powerful force in Canada's politicas.


    From wiki:


    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khalistan_movement
    Khalistan movement


    From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia


    Flag used by the NGO[1][2] Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization to represent Khalistan[3] from 24 January 1993 to 4 August 1993; the membership was permanently suspended on 22 January 1995.

    The Khalistan movement is a Sikh nationalist movement, which seeks to create a separate country called Khalistān (Punjabi: ਖਾਲਿਸਤਾਨ, "The Land of the Pure") in the Punjab region of South Asia.[4]

    In 1971, the Khalistan proponent Jagjit Singh Chauhan travelled to the United States. He placed an advertisement in The New York Times proclaiming the formation of Khalistan and was able to collect millions of dollars from the Sikh diaspora.[12] On 12 April 1980, he held a meeting with the Indian prime minister Indira Gandhi before declaring the formation of a "National Council of Khalistan", at Anandpur Sahib.[13] He declared himself the President of the Council and Balbir Singh Sandhu as its Secretary General. In May 1980, Jagjit Singh Chauhan travelled to London and announced the formation of Khalistan. A similar announcement was made by Balbir Singh Sandhu, in Amritsar, who released stamps and currency of Khalistan. The inaction of the authorities in Amritsar and elsewhere was decried by the Akali Dal headed by the Sikh leader Harchand Singh Longowal as a political stunt by the Congress party of Indira Gandhi.[14]

    The Khalistan movement reached its zenith in the 1970s and 1980s, flourishing in the Indian state of Punjab, which has a Sikh-majority population and has been the traditional homeland of the Sikh religion. Various pro-Khalistan outfits have been involved in a separatist movement against the government of India ever since. There are claims of funding from Sikhs outside India to attract young people into these pro-Khalistan militant groups.[15]

    In the 1980s, some Khalistan proponents turned to protest. As the law and order situation deteriorated, one of the leaders of the Khalistan movement, Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale, moved into the Harmandir Sahib (also known as the Golden Temple) with some followers. He began to fortify the temple with heavy machine guns and self-loading rifles. The Indian Prime Minister at the time, Indira Gandhi, ordered the commencement of Operation Blue Star in June 1984 to flush out Bhindranwale and his supporters. The Indian Army, Central Reserve Police Force, Border Security Force, and Punjab Police were all involved. Bhindranwale was killed in the operation, although there were significant military and civilian casualties as well, alongside significant damage to the temple. Many Sikhs strongly maintain that the attack resulted in the desecration of the holiest Sikh shrine. Indira Gandhi was assassinated by her two Sikh bodyguards in retaliation. Following her death, thousands of Sikhs were massacred in the 1984 anti-Sikh riots in Delhi, termed as a genocide, by Congress activists and mobs.[16]





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    We used to call people like that posers
    FLIP THOSE FLAGS, THE NATION IS IN DISTRESS!


    why I should worship the state (who apparently is the only party that can possess guns without question).
    The state's only purpose is to kill and control. Why do you worship it? - Sola_Fide

    Baptiste said.
    At which point will Americans realize that creating an unaccountable institution that is able to pass its liability on to tax-payers is immoral and attracts sociopaths?

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    the MA RAH NOT ZEE
    FLIP THOSE FLAGS, THE NATION IS IN DISTRESS!


    why I should worship the state (who apparently is the only party that can possess guns without question).
    The state's only purpose is to kill and control. Why do you worship it? - Sola_Fide

    Baptiste said.
    At which point will Americans realize that creating an unaccountable institution that is able to pass its liability on to tax-payers is immoral and attracts sociopaths?

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    the MA RAH NOT ZEE
    FLIP THOSE FLAGS, THE NATION IS IN DISTRESS!


    why I should worship the state (who apparently is the only party that can possess guns without question).
    The state's only purpose is to kill and control. Why do you worship it? - Sola_Fide

    Baptiste said.
    At which point will Americans realize that creating an unaccountable institution that is able to pass its liability on to tax-payers is immoral and attracts sociopaths?

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    SSEE what ah did tharr
    FLIP THOSE FLAGS, THE NATION IS IN DISTRESS!


    why I should worship the state (who apparently is the only party that can possess guns without question).
    The state's only purpose is to kill and control. Why do you worship it? - Sola_Fide

    Baptiste said.
    At which point will Americans realize that creating an unaccountable institution that is able to pass its liability on to tax-payers is immoral and attracts sociopaths?



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    Quote Originally Posted by enhanced_deficit View Post
    Wait.. what ? : - )
    I emboldend them

    FLIP THOSE FLAGS, THE NATION IS IN DISTRESS!


    why I should worship the state (who apparently is the only party that can possess guns without question).
    The state's only purpose is to kill and control. Why do you worship it? - Sola_Fide

    Baptiste said.
    At which point will Americans realize that creating an unaccountable institution that is able to pass its liability on to tax-payers is immoral and attracts sociopaths?



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